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   Announce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing .] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]
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   To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
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   Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
   Gilpin.
   
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   To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
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   Publish laws, announce
   Or life or death.
   Prior.
   
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   Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.  -- To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory.  We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
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   Publish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Published ; p. pr. & vb. n. Publishing.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See Public, and -ish.]
   To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
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   Published was the bounty of her name.
   Chaucer.
   
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   The unwearied sun, from day to day,
   Does his Creator's power display,
   And publishes to every land
   The work of an almighty hand.
   Addison.
   
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   To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.
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   To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
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   To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
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   To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
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   Syn. -- To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate; disclose; divulge; reveal. See Announce.
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